Girl, aged 1, dies after being hit by ute in Tanilba Bay, Port Stephens

A little girl has died after she was hit by a car in Port Stephens, with the driver taken to hospital for mandatory testing.

A toddler has died after she was struck by a car in Tanilba Bay: Damian Shaw

A one-year-old girl has died after she was hit by a car in Port Stephens.

About 5.40pm on December 9, emergency services attended home on Lloyd George Grove in Tanilba Bay after reports a child had been hit by a car.

Port Stephens-Hunter Police officers arrived and found the girl had been hit by a Toyota ute which had been on the property.

The girl was treated by paramedics and was taken to John Hunter Hospital in a critical condition.

She later died.

NSW Police say the driver of the ute, a 25-year-old man, was uninjured in the incident and was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.

An investigation has commenced into the cause of the crash, and a report will be prepared for the coroner.

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Originally published as Girl, aged 1, dies after being hit by ute in Tanilba Bay, Port Stephens